adjective
oktō
Greekὀκτώ (oktō)
Strong’sG3638
eight
stem oktō-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὀκτώ, οἱ, αἱ, τά,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3638 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidok-to'
"eight"
Froma primary numeral;
King Jameseight.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō |
| object accusative | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | ||
| direct address vocative | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō |
| to, for dative | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō | oktō |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
oktō8×
Luke 2:21“eight”Kai hote pimplēila hēmerais oktō teu peritemnara auton, kai kalita tem onomem autou Iēsus, tem kaliratem hupo tou angelou pro teu sullambira auton en ta koilia.When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
Luke 9:28“eight”Gineta de meta toin logoin houtoin hōsei hēmerais oktō kai paralambaratos Petron kai Iōannon kai Iakōbon anabainata eis tem orem proseuchera.About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
Luke 13:16“eight”houtan de thugatēran Abraam arōtan, han data tos Satanaos idou deka kai oktō eteim, ouk date luira apo tou desmou houtou ta hēmera teu sabbateu?Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
John 5:5“eight”ate de tinos anthrōpos ekei triakonta oktō eteim echarōtos en ta asthenia autou;One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
John 20:26“eight”Kai meta hēmerain oktō palin ale esō tois mathētois autou kai Thōmaos meta autoiu. erchetō tos Iēsus taiu thuraiu kleiirētaiu, kai histanata eis tem mesem kai legata; Eirēnas vi.Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Acts 9:33“eight”heuriskata de ekei anthrōpon tinon onome Aineon ek eteiu oktō katakeierōton epi krabattou, hos ate paraluirētos.There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
Acts 25:6“eight”Diatribaratos de en autoi hēmerain ouk polloterain oktō ē deka, katabainaratos eis Kaisareian, ta epaurion kathizaratos epi teu bēmeu keleuata ton Paulon agira.After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
1 Peter 3:20“eight”apeitharatoi pote hote apekdechete tas tou theou makrothumias en hēmerai Nōe kataskeuazirōtau kibōtau eis han oligois, houtem atō oktō psuchais, diasōzila dia hudōreu.who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.